About
The Inquisitr offers the better mix of technology, entertainment, news, sport, and odd + funny stories delivered fresh daily.
Founded in May 2008, The Inquisitr’s unique mix of content has grown to a monthly audience in excess of 2 million page views per month, and the site is in the Top 300 blogs in the world according to Technorati.
The writing team is the key to our mix: each writer brings their own interests and strengths into delivering the better mix of posts. Where else can you read about Britney next to a funding announcement from the startup, followed by a serious post about the death of newspapers, then UFO footage. That’s The Inquisitr. Sometimes serious, always we hope a good read.
Editor: Duncan Riley
Born in Sydney, Australia, Riley is a pioneer in Australian politics on the internet, creating the first website for a political party branch in Australia in 1995, and going on later that year to write the now defunct Australian Conservative Politics portal, the first conservative aggregate political site in Australia.
In 1999, he designed and ran the website Young Australians Against this Republic, in conjunction with a number of political and social groups within Australia.
In 2002, he launched The Blog Herald, the first blog dedicated to the news of the then still small blogging world. The site went on to become a Technorati Top 100 blog and covered major milestones in the blogging industry, including the growth of Gawker Media and the founding of Weblogs Inc. Riley sold the site in January 2006.
In 2005, he launched weblog network Weblog Empire, which later was merged into blogging network b5media, a company founded by Riley along with Bloggers Darren Rowse and Jeremy Wright. b5media took $2 million in venture capital in 2006. In late 2006, Riley left b5media to pursue personal projects.
In May 2008, Riley completed a 12 month stint as a writer at TechCrunch, regarded as one of the leading web 2.0 blogs, before going on to found The Inquisitr.
Tech/ Opinion writer: Steve Hodson
Folks commonly call me Steven, my wife calls me many names and some are even nice 
and I have been involved with the computer industry in one fashion or another for the better part of 20 years. My first real involvement began when I setup up my first Bulletin Board Service (BBS) using Maximus. That was back when any coding was done with your favorite text editor and lots of coffee.
Between then and now I have studied for my A+ certification, built countless computers, programmed for a living; both as a freelancer and as a hire, and now I find myself sharing my thoughts on the technological world around us.
WinExtra first started out 7 years ago as a set of NNTP newsgroups for the rejects and cast-offs from the old Lockergnome newsgroups. During that time of struggle to keep things afloat I met an incredible number of people many of whom have become close friends. Then about a year ago during some personal finacial difficulties I had to move the newsgroups to a hosted web forum and thankfully many of the newsgroup members made the transition with me and for that I am thankful because without them it wouldn’t have been the same.
It was also at that point that I took blogging seriously and began buckling down - learning as much as could about the whole blogosphere thing. That isn’t to say that I am not still learning - far from it. Everyday is a great learning experience andeven on the days when I don’t feel like doing a damn thing I still find the joy to write.
Some folks may like what I have to say and that is great; other folks may not and think I’m an idiot. Well that’s cool to - we’re all entitled to our opinions but equally so don’t be reluctant to tell me why because who knows maybe I’ll learn something new.
News: Paul Short
Paul Short is a pro blogger, online entrepreneur and rabid news junkie who lives in a tiny fishing village on the Northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. He can be found online at his personal blog, on Twitter and offline, pretty well anywhere with an internet connection and an ample supply of fresh coffee.
Tech/ News/ Entertainment: Kim LaCapria
Kim LaCapria is a longtime internet addict and casual blogger new to the world of problogging.
In January, Kim left her career in beauty and skincare marketing in downtown Manhattan to pursue blogging and internet entrepreneurishness full-time. In addition to her work at the Inquisitr, she does freelance graphic, writing, marketing and assorted web projects for small businesses.
She lives in a suburb of New York City and can be found on Twitter and her naughty personal blog Femme Dangereuse.
